The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-05
Notice
BOARD OF HEALTH.
BOARD OF HEALTH.
RULES
Adopted by Beard OF Health
1887.

rule l. EXcreta and arbage. c'nsi~tin" of
animal matter, shall not be buried within the
limits of the city of Pilatka- but must he re-
moved beyond said limits
Rule >. The owner or occupant of a building
or the owner of IA vacant lot who shall receive
notice from II Sanitary Inspector Ia clear any
water closet, and disinfect the same or remove
any offensive matter from such premises, and
shall fail to comply with such order within
three days after receiving such notice shall Ia
reported tn this Board for prosecution under
Rule ), Excavations for building or for lay
ing drain or other pipes within the limits OF
first day of June to the first day Of November
without permission of the Board
Rule 4. No garbage, offal- dead animals, ma
terials manufactured in whole in part of
substances which evolve offensive gases dur
ing their decomposition. shall not be left iin-
covered. All decaying animal or vegetable
matter must be moved from kitchens, cellars
or buildings used for storage. and disnfect-
ants applied Immediately after such removal.
Rule ). Deposits of offensive matter, before
being disturbed for removal, must be deodor-
lied by application of dry earth, solution of
copperas, or other suitable absorbents,
Rule o. Garbage accommodating from all
sources. in any city or town. shall he placed in
receptacle ON the side of IA street, and shall b.,
day of June 10 the first day OF November, ami
engers must empty the vessels and leave them
for further use.
Rule :. Hogs shall not he kept in pens with
in the limits of the city of Palatka, nor shall
they he kept elsewhere within one hundred
feet of n sleeping apartment
Gus diseases shall not be brought or kept with
n the limits of any city or town. nor else
where without permission OF this Board.
Rule =. Decayed or unwhoesome meat,
vegetables, fruit or fish, or impure or asiulter-
offered for sale Us food under pain of prosecr-
ton by the President of the Board
Rule 10. Slaughter houses or butcher pens,
,iairies or COW pens for vending milk. shall not
Ice established or operated within the limits of
"A city or town. nor elsewhere unless properly
licensed by this Board Melting or rendering
houses, or other places for manufacturing. or
Tor business of any description giving rise, or
permitting the escape of offensive or unwhole-
some vapors or odors. shall not be established
from the President of this Board.
Rule H. Dead bodies passing through any
city or town requiring change from one case or
coffin to another, must be transferred at IA
Rule IL. All domestic animals dying outside
of city or town shall be buried by the owner.
finals die, within ten hours after death, and
not less than four feet under the surface at
the ground. nor less than one hundred yards
from any spring, branch. creek well.
Rule IL. No building shall lie removed from
from the first day of June TO the first day al
November, except by permission and under
Rule IL. Commercial fertilizers, which in
the Judgment of this Board are injurious Ia the
public health shall not be stored within IA
quarter of a mile of any city or town, nor
within the same distance of the dwelling of
any citizen of this county.
Rule II. Any householder i'm whose dwell
ing there shall occur a case of cholera yellow
fever. scarlet fever. diphtheria. smallpox, or
other recognized infectious disease, shall inn
mesiistely notify this Beard any of its au-
thorized agents of the same. and until instruc
tions are received from the same source shall
not permit any clothing or other property that
may have been exposed To infection to br re-
moved from such house. Nor shall any occu-
pant of such dwelling reside elsewhere without
consent of this Board
Rule H. Every physician who shall be called
to attend any infectious disease, particularly
enumerated in the previous rule shall at
once report such To this Board for inst rue
tons in regard thereto And whenever there
shall come under the observation Of any ply
stefan many cases Of scarlet fever, measles,
typhoid fever, diphtheria. dysenfery. cerebro
meningitis or other dangerous disease. that
will satisfy him that epidemic thereof
exists that there IL local cause there
for. he shall promptly report the
same to this Board with suggestions for their
action therein
Rule II. No person thing liable to propa-
gate a contagious infectious disease shall be
brought into this county except by the consent
and under the direction of this Board. and
when il shall come to the knowledge of any
citizen that such dangerous person or thing